I wrote a small script that works fine, but the format isn't exactly perfect. Below is the code 

my $line = <>;
  while (defined($line = <>)) {
    chomp($line);
    my @items = (split /:/, $line);
    #my @data_items = (@items) [0,5];
    #print "Customer Data: @data_items \n";
    print "Customer Name: $items[0]  \t  Number of Books checked out: 
+$items[5]\n"; 

  }

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Which gives this output

Customer Name: wilma flinstone            Number of Books checked out:
+ 3
Customer Name: barney rubble      Number of Books checked out: 5
Customer Name: Sam Slate          Number of Books checked out: 0
Customer Name: Great Gazoo        Number of Books checked out: 2
Customer Name: Charlie Harper     Number of Books checked out: 4
Customer Name: Neil Gruesome      Number of Books checked out: 6

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TIA the Catfish

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